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<h2>\bibitem</h2>


<p><tt>\bibitem[label]{cite_key}</tt></p>


<p>The <tt>\bibitem</tt> command generates an entry labeled

    by <tt>label</tt>. If the <tt>label</tt> argument is missing, a

    number is generated as the label, using the <tt>enumiv</tt>

    <a href="ltx-3.html">counter</a>. The <tt>cite_key</tt> is a

    mnemonic consisting of any sequence of letters, numbers, and

    punctuation symbols not containing a comma.</p>


<p><tt>\bibitem</tt> and

    <tt><a href="ltx-211.html">\cite</a></tt> are used together much

    as <tt><a href="ltx-252.html">\label</a></tt> and

    <tt><a href="ltx-303.html">\ref</a></tt> to produce a

    correspondence between items in the Reference or Bibliography

    (<tt><a href="ltx-73.html">thebibliography</a></tt> environment).</p>


<p>This command writes an entry on the aux file containing

    <tt>cite_key</tt> and the item's <tt>label</tt>. When this

    aux file is read by the

    <tt><a href="ltx-169.html">\begin{document}</a></tt> command,

    the item's <tt>label</tt> is associated with <tt>cite_key</tt>,

    causing the reference to <tt>cite_key</tt> by a

    <tt><a href="ltx-211.html">\cite</a></tt> command to produce the

    associated <tt>label</tt>.</p>


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    See also <a href="ltx-27.html">Environments</a><br>

    See also <tt><a href="ltx-73.html">thebibliography</a></tt>,

    <tt><a href="ltx-211.html">\cite</a></tt><br>

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